The Ogre at the River okiek_narratives012 A Preliminary Documentation of the Okiek Language of Kenya

The speaker tells of a story whereby men were going to raid cattle. On the way, an ogre wanted to be carried so as to cross over to the other side. All men refused apart from the last one. On crossing, the ogre refused to get off his back. The other men left him so he tricked the ogre into getting off. He then reunited with the other men. The ogre woke up and wanted to be helped to cross over again. People avoided it because of fear until one day someone went and killed it. Jane Oduor is the Okiek language documentor. Patrick works within the Okiek community as a social worker and community mobilizer. In this project he also assisted in community mobilization, video recording, translating and annotating. Duncan is waiting to go to college. He completed secondary school education. Simon Konana Konini is a respected community elder who took who participated in many documentation sessions. He is the narrator of the story in the second session (okiek_Narratives002).